ATTACHMENT A FOI 170103 Schedule of Documents No Description Decision 1
Submission from member of the public on referral Release in partSection 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission

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Comment from Government agency on referral
Release in part Section 22 - personal information of government officers 3
Submission from member of the public on referral Release in partSection 22 - personal information of government officers

Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission 4
Submission from member of the public on referral Release in partSection 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission

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Comment from Government agency on referral Release in partSection 22 - personal information of government officers 6
Comment from Georgina Veitch on referral Release in partSection 22 - personal information of government officers Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission 7
Addendum to Document 1 submission from member of the Release in partpublic on referral
Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission 8
Submission from member of the public on referral Release in partSection 22 - personal information of government officers

Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission

Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission 10 Submission from member of the public on referral Release in partSection 22 - personal information of government officers

Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission 11 Submission from member of the public seeking extension Release in part
on comment period
Section 22 - personal information of government officers Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission 12 Submission from member of the public seeking extension Release in part
on comment period
Section 22 - personal information of government officers Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission

13 Submission from member of the public seeking extension Release in part
on comment period
Section 22 - personal information of government officers Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission 14 Submission from member of the public on referral Release in partSection 22 - personal information of government officers

Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission 15 Submission from member of the public on referral Release in partSection 22 - personal information of government officers

Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission 16 Submission from member of the public seeking extension Release in part
on comment period
Section 22 - personal information of government officers Section 47F - personal information of member of the public making the submission
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Document Outline

Section 47F(1) of the FOI Act provides that where the disclosure of document would result in an unreasonable disclosure of personal information about any person (including a deceased person), that document is conditionally exempt. The conditionally ex...

Unreasonable disclosure of information

Documents 1, 3, 4 and 6 to 16 contain the names, email addresses, phone numbers and addresses of the members of the public who made the submissions. I am satisfied that this information is “personal information” for the purposes of the FOI Act.

To determine whether the disclosure of this personal information was unreasonable, I gave regard to the following criteria under 47F(2) of the FOI Act:

(a) the extent to which the information is well known;

(b) whether the person to whom the information relates is known to be (or to have been) associated with the matters dealt with in the document;

(c) the availability of the information from publicly accessible sources;

(d) any other matters that the Authority considers relevant.

Against these criteria, I consider that:

(a) the information is not well known;

(b) the persons are not known to be associated with the matters dealt with in the document; and

Contrary to the public interest

I did not consider any of the irrelevant factors set out in section 11B(4) of the FOI Act.

Section 11B(3) sets out the public interest factors that favour access to information:

(a) promote the objects of this Act (including all the matters set out in sections 3 and 3A);

Against these factors, I consider that access to the names, email addresses, phone numbers and addresses of the members of the public who made the submissions contained within Documents 1, 3, 4 and 6 to 16:

(a) would promote the objects of the FOI Act in respect of providing access to information held by the Government (promoting section 3(1)(b)) and that the information is a national resource (section 3(3)). However, I do not consider that this specif...

(b) would not inform debate on a matter of public importance;

(c) would not promote effective oversight of public expenditure; and

(d) would not allow a person, being the applicant, further access to his or her own personal information.

Paragraph 6.22 of the FOI Guidelines provides a non-exhaustive list of public interest factors against access. Of these factors, I consider that access to the names, email addresses, phone numbers and addresses of the members of the public who made th...